
After a period of time that many mobile gamers have been waiting for, ASUS finally released the next successor to the top gaming position in its gaming smartphone series, which is the ROG Phone 5. However, unlike previous “single code” appearances, ASUS this time released up to 3 brothers including ROG Phone 5, ROG Phone 5 Pro and ROG Phone 5 Ultimate in the ROG lineup. The new phone aims to bring more choices for gamers when looking to buy high-end gaming phone products.
The highlights of the ROG Phone 5 series are as follows:
- Ultimate configuration: The latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G processor, GameCool 5 heatsink helps you feel secure in temperature and confidently win the virtual world.
- Quality screen, eye-catching game battle: Equipped with 144Hz / 1ms Samsung AMOLED screen to help you feel the smoothness in every movement. Along with that is the super-fast 300Hz touch speed that captures every hand operation and the Delta-E <1 color accuracy <1 ensures a beautiful experience.
- Long battery life, comfortable fighting games: High capacity 6000 mAh battery with durability optimization software helps you to play games for a long time without fear of your tools being down.
- Designed for gamers (ROG Vision): ROG Phone 5 Pro and Pro and Ultimate have cool, back-to-back matrix displays for gamers who love uniqueness.
- Great experiences: Air Trigger 5 has been upgraded, the GameFX audio system tuned by Dirac.
The configuration of these three gaming smartphones is almost the same, only slightly different in parameters and appearance. However, for those who are interested in digging deeper into the specs, I will list a few notable specifications of each version, as well as attach detailed specifications pictures. right below for your reference.
ROG Phone 5
- CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, 2.84 GHz, 64-bit
- GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 660
- Operating system: Android 11 with ROG UI
- Display: 6.78 ” (2448 × 1880) 144Hz / 1ms Samsung AMOLED, Delta-E <1
- Weight: 239g
- Battery: 6000 mAh
- RAM: Up to 16GB LPDDR5
- ROM: Up to 256GB UFS 3.1
- Color: White (Storm White) and Black (Phantom Black)
ROG Phone 5 Pro and ROG Phone 5 Ultimate

- CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, 2.84 GHz, 64-bit
- GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 660
- Operating system: Android 11 with ROG UI
- Display: 6.78 ” (2448 × 1880) 144Hz / 1ms Samsung AMOLED, Delta-E <1
- Weight: 239g
- Battery: 6000 mAh
- RAM: Up to 16GB LPDDR5 (ROG Phone 5 Pro) and 18GB LPDDR5 (ROG Phone 5 Ultimate)
- ROM: 512GB UFS 3.1 for both versions
- ROG Phone 5 Pro color: Black (Phantom Black)
- ROG Phone 5 Ultimate color: White (Storm White)
Detailed specifications:
Processor | 2.84 GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 888 5G Mobile Platform with 5 nm, 64-bit Octa-Core Processor |
GPU | Qualcomm® Adreno™ 660 |
UI | Android™ 11 with new ROG UI |
display | 6.78 ″ 20.4: 9 (2448 x 1080) 144 Hz / 1 ms Samsung AMOLED display800 nits outdoor readable brightness 1,200 nits peak brightnessDelta-E <1111.23% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus™Supports Always-On HDR displayHDR10 and HDR10 + certifiedCapacitive touchscreen with 10-point multitouch (supports glove touch) |
Dimensions | 173 x 77 x 9.9 mm |
Weight | 239 g |
Battery | 6000 mAh typical capacity |
Memory | ROG Phone 5 Ultimate: 18 GB LPDDR5 RAMROG Phone 5 Pro and ROG Phone 5: Up to 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM |
Storage | ROG Phone 5 Ultimate and Pro: 512 GB UFS 3.1 ROMROG Phone 5: Up to 256 GB UFS 3.1 ROM |
Sensors | In-display fingerprint sensor, face recognition, accelerometer, e-compass, gyroscope, proximity sensor, ambient-light sensor, ultrasonic sensors for AirTrigger 5 and grip press |
Wireless Technology | Integrated WiFi 6E (802.11a / b / g / n / ac / ax, 2 × 2 MIMO) Bluetooth® 5.2 (HFP + A2DP + AVRCP + HID + PAN + OPP), supports Qualcomm® aptX™ AdaptiveWiFi DirectNFC |
GPS | GNSS support GPS (L1 / L5), Glonass (L1), Galileo (E1 / E5a), BeiDou (B1i / B1c / B2a), QZSS (L1 / L5) and NavIC (L5) |
I / O Ports | Side and bottom: USB-C® |
Front Camera | 24 MP |
Rear Camera | 64 MP (Main camera Sony® IMX686) + 13 MP (125 ° ultrawide-angle lens) + 5 MP (Macro) |
Voice Wakeup | Yes |
Speaker | Symmetrical dual front-facing speakers powered by Dirac technologies 7-magnet stereo speaker with Cirrus Logic amplifier for louder, deeper and less distorted sound effect |
NFC | Supported |
Color | ROG Phone 5 Ultimate: Storm WhiteROG Phone 5 Pro: Phantom BlackROG Phone 5: Phantom Black and Storm White |
In my opinion, all three versions of the new ROG Phone 5 series possess a bold look inherent to ASUS ROG. However, not only are equipped with regular owl RGB LEDs like the predecessor of the ROG Phone series, these two new ROG Phone 5 Pro and Ultimate versions are also “tuned” with quality ROG Vision. Playing with the matrix LED screen behind the back helps create a highlight that makes gamers even more prominent among the crowd.

In addition, ROG Vision can display many interesting animations to indicate that the device is in a charging state or not. In general, the new trio of this ROG Phone series, according to me, will bring a pretty interesting experience for gamers.

Currently, ROG Phone 5 has no official price, but promises to soon launch in the market at a competitive price.
Some actual pictures of ROG Phone 5:














